Sunday, January 3, 2010

Conversation Hearts from The Cutting Cafe

Happy New Year everyone! I've been reminded by some of my blogging frends that I have failed to post yet this year. Does anyone else feel a massive letdown after the holidays? Don't get me wrong, mine were wonderful, but I'm really not ready to let them go. Fortunately we will be celebrating with our good friends next weekend (they go away each year) so I don't even have to think about taking my decorations down. WooHoo! I pretty much blew off my creative side to spend quality time with DH so know I'm playing catch up with DT challenges and the like. Tough to get back in the swing of creating but I was certainly inspired by all of the fabulous new downloadable stamps that Regina has added to The Cutting Cafe recently. Since I have been feeling particularly smoochy with my hubby lately I decided to start on some Valentines. The background here is Love Heart which I resized and printed in dark pink. While browsing the other super Valentine offerings I came across All About Valentine's Day and noticed the little conversation hearts...too cute! I resized these to fit the hearts of the background and printed them in the same dark pink on white and 4 different pastels and then cut them out and popped them on the background. It made the front like a fun little love letter depending how you read the hearts. Some of you have asked what program I use to resize and recolor the stamps. I used Printmaster Platinum 18. There are other versions which I'm sure would also work fine, but our new computer is 64 bit so this was the compatible version for that. Regina has info and tips for using the printable stamps which are simple to understand (thank heavens since I'm such a idiot when it somes to all things computer).

Here's a view of the dimension, and yes, I did cut all those little hearts out by hand. Good for the manual dexterity. LOL However, if you own a Pazzles or SCAL (or a few other machines out there) you do it automatically. Click HERE for those info and tips.

Inside I used the LOVE you, also from All About Valentine's Day. This set has tons of great stuff which allowed me to keep one of my resolutions of finishing the insides of my cards right when I make them. I had added this sentiment on each of my pastel sheets when I printed the hearts so I just cut out the colored blocks and added a few more hearts for good measure. Ahhh, now I feel ready to dust off the Cricut and tackle my BBTB challenge for TOMORROW! YIKES! Better get moving!

Awww such a sweet card Donna! Hope you had a great New Year! It has been a pleasure getting to know you. I really enjoy visiting your blog and I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with in the year to come.

Hi hunny! Hope you had a wonderful New Year! I thought I was going to get my first night w/ Justin in years and years but he ended up staying until 4 am to transport prisoners. But I did make it up for NY's ball drop! LOL! So think this project is just darling! Would be cute for a friend, a loved one or even for a child!See ya soon! ~B~

Donna your card is awesome, reminds of the little love heart sweets we used to get as kids. Love the colours, so fresh. Hope your celebrations with friends is a great one and makes the holiday season seem that little bit longer. Christmas always seems like if you blink, you miss it.

Such a cute little card, girlie!!! I love does conversations hearts...and love to eat them too..lolI can't believe you cut them all by hand...they look perfect I think I might lift this for my kiddos..hugs

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I'm so happy you came to visit and share in my crafting adventures. I hope in doing so you are inspired. I would love to hear your comments and I'm happy to share my designs for your personal use, but please do not submit them for contests or publication or copy them for any commercial venture.

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About Me

I've always loved crafting, even as a little girl. My inspiration was my Daddy who was a wonderful artist and made beautiful 3-D Valentines for my teachers in grade school. Although I love all kinds of crafts I haven't had a real focus since abandoning counted cross stitch back in the 80's. Until I got my Cricut in 2008, that is. I've since expanded my horizons and found a new love in coloring both rubber and digi stamps with my Copics. Now I'm a blissfully retired card maker and papercrafter married 42 (!) years to a wonderful guy with two furbabies, Goliath and Jezebel. Everyday I look forward to dreaming up designs and playing in my craft room. I invite you to share in my adventures.